Financial civ bonus

[Gaal Dornik]

Civilopedia reads that a financial civ gives an extra gold on tiles with 2 gold.

In-game a fin. civ gets an extra gold on tiles with 2 or more gold. Means in late game nearly every tile produces an extra gold. Which is a huge difference.

Is this a mistake in the game or in the description, because its confusing.

[Willem]

What's so confusing about it? If a tile produces 4 gold, that still means it has the 2 gold required for the trait to kick in. It doesn't mean that the ability only works on tiles that produce exactly 2, that would make it a rather weak trait.

[Solver]

In-game a fin. civ gets an extra gold on tiles with 2 or more gold. Means in late game nearly every tile produces an extra gold. Which is a huge difference.

That's rate. Most late game tiles produce an extra commerce point.

[Rancidlunchmeat]

I don't see whats confusing about it at all. Did you really believe that FIN only gave you an extra commerce (not GOLD) if that tile produced exactly 2?

[Dauphin]

Its certainly a big bonus, even bigger if combined with the organised trait for a large empire. Go Washington.

[Gaal Dornik]

Originally posted by Rancidlunchmeat
I don't see whats confusing about it at all. Did you really believe that FIN only gave you an extra commerce (not GOLD) if that tile produced exactly 2?

Just like Expansive trait gives +2 health, there is no reason to believe(?) that it gives +20. Its not about believing(there is a church for that) anything. It reads "on tiles with 2 gold pieces", and 4 5 or 100 is not equal 2 last i checked.

Willem
It should be a pretty good trait for coastial civs or archipelago games i guess.

[Rancidlunchmeat]

For starters, if anything says anything about extra GOLD or extra gold pieces, it's completely incorrect and that should have been your first clue.

The manual is rather clear '+1 commerce on spaces generating 2 or more commerce'.

There is simply no rational that would explain why the FIN trait would give a +1 gold addition on tiles generating 2 and only 2 gold.

Then again, if you can find a tile that generates 2 and only 2 gold, perhaps the FIN trait actually does do as suggested.

Maybe you can find such a tile and test it out for us?

[JackRudd]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Its certainly a big bonus, even bigger if combined with the organised trait for a large empire. Go Washington.

It's also nice if combined with half-price universities. Go Lizzie.

[MikeH]

I noticed yesterday that the manual also says you can't rename cities once they've been founded.


er... yes you can.

[MikeH]

I love financial Civ's though. Ca-ching!

Just started my first game on prince (I know, only got it at Christmas... it's like my 6th ever game) and I got the Colossus. Water tiles give 4 gold v. handy this early!

[GeoModder]

And linked with the Great Lighthouse...

[MikeH]

Yep... same city. :beer:

edit: No beer smiley?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by MikeH
edit: No beer smiley?

I'll drink to that...

[MikeH]